Thermometer and casing therefor



May 2o, 1924.

, C. NURNBERG THERMOMETERAND CASING THEREFOR Filed OCT.. 1654 1922r Willi/Iliff!!!Ilflllllflllfl IxfuwlvVlVill. I

W/ T/VESSES 4 TTRNEYS Patented May 20, 1924.

CHARLES NURNBERG, or BROOKLYN, vNEW Yoran.

THERMOMETER AND cA'sING THnREFoR- Appncation mea 'october 1s, 1922. 'serial 'No5 5945838.

lTo all whom t may concern 'Be 1t known that I, CHARLES NRNBERG,Y

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough'of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Thermometer and Casing Therefor, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description. Y

This invention relates to improvements in casings or holders for thermometers andV other like-instruments, and lhas particular reference to 'a casing which may be conveniently carried about in the pocket' of the user. V Y

An object of the invention is to provide a casing in which a thermometer may be mounted without engaging the wallsY of the casing, and which may be securely maintained in thecasingLV when in use so that actual handling of the thermometer during the taking of temperatureV maybe avoided.

The above andV other objects-'will appear more clearlyfrom the following detail description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, which illus'- trates a preferred embodiment 'of the inventive idea.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section illustrating the manner of mounting the thermometer in the casing when not in use; Figure 2 is a perspective view ofthe thermometer retaining means positioned within the casing; and

F'gure 3 is an enlarged transverse seotion on the line 3 3 of Figure 1.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated the casing comprises a body portion 4 of cylindrical formation and provided with a removable end closure 5 at one end, the other end of said body portion being open. Adjacent the open end of the body portion 4 the same is provided with external threads 6 cooperating with similar threads formed upon the interior of the cap 7 to maintain Said cap in closing position. The cap is also provided with a removable end closure 8 and a clip 9, which may be utilized in attaching the holder or casing in the pocket of the user.

ln practice, thermometer casings of this character are preferably made in sets and the end closures 'and 8 of the different easings of each set may be of any suitable material and of different colors to distinguishthe different uses to -which the ther- -mometers of the set are adapted.

The invention contemplates the provision ofI means within the body portion 4 forengaging a portion of the thermometer 9 remote from the bulb 10 thereof to space ythe thermometer fromV the walls of the body portion y'and to Africtionall'y maintain @said thermometer ,against-Y longitudinal movement with respect to the body portion 'when either end` of the thermometer is inserted intov said bodyportion. This means preferably comprises a retaining member made of any suitable material having a `certain degree of flexibility and including-'a split sleeve 11 and a pair of'l opposed gripping fingers l2 and 13 extending longitudinally @from the sleeve member and normally `converging toward their free ends, which 'are slightly bent transversely to conform to the contourA `of the thermometer 9. which, as shownin Figure', is substantially trian,

vgular in cross section. The retainingmember is preferably mounted within the body portion 4 with the sleeve 11 positioned at the vopen endjof said body portionandthe v fingerslQ and 13 extending-inwardly to Aa point where the same will engage the thermometer 9 adjacent its end and at a point remote from the bulb 10 so that when the thermometer is in position in the body portion there will be nothing therein to contact with the bulb when the saineI is not in use. When the thermometer i-s in position within the casing, the thermometer is enlgaged by the gripping lingers 12 and 13 throughout the entire lengths thereof, whereby to increase the effective gripping surfaces and thereby produce a maximum frictional engagement between the parts. By positioning the retaining member as described, it will be obvious thatV when either end of the thermometer is inserted into the casing the y same.V is immediately centered p spread of contagious diseases.

thermometer 1s reversed Within the body porv moved from said body portion and again inserted thereinto in areversed position with the bulb 10 extending beyond the end of the body portion. The temperature may then be taken by employing the body portion as a handle and in this manner the thermometer may be used with a minimum danger of a When the tion as described, the resilient fingers 12 and .Y 13 will grip the thermometer in the manner illustrated' in Figure 3 and as above described and effectively prevent the same from moving longitudinally of the body portion and thus becoming accidentally detachedtherefrom.

From the foregoing description it will be f apparent that the invention provides a casing or holder vfor a thermometer, such as a clinical thermometer, Which is extremely lneat in appearance, simple in construction, and which may heread1ly` and conveniently I remote fromthe bulb thereof and functioning alone to space the thermometer from the Walls of said body nportion and to frictionally maintain 'said thermometer against longitudinal movement with respect to said body portion When either end of the thermometer is inserted into said body portion.

2. In a device of the character described, a casing including a body portion for receiving either end of a thermometer, and a single retaining member including a sleeve positioned at one end of said body portion, and opposed gripping fingers extending longitudinally from said sleeve to a pointinter` mediate said body portion and engaging said body portion throughout their lengths, said sleeve and fingers engaging said thermometer at a point remote from the bulb thereof and functioning alone to space the thermometer vfrom the Walls of said body portion and prevent longitudinal movement of said thermometer in said body portion `when either end of the thermometer is inserted thereinto.

3. In a device of the character described, a

Ycasing including a body portion for receiving either end of a thermometer, a single retaining member including asleeve positioned at one end of said body portion, and opposed gripping lingers extending longitudinally from saidsleeve to a point'intermediate said body portion, said sleeve and fingers engagv ing said thermometer at a point remote from the bulb thereof and functioning alone to space the thermometer from the Walls vof said body portion and prevent vlongitudinal movement of said thermometer in said bodypor-V tionvvhen either end kof the thermometer is inserted thereinto,` said'gripping fingers be- -tour of said thermometer.

CHARLES NURN BERG. 

